All Questions
3
questions
6
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Why do many organic halogen compounds smell or taste sweet?
Is it just coincidence that many organic halogen compounds (especially chlorinated ones) tend to either taste or smell sweet? Examples include dichloromethane, vinyl chloride, chloroform, and ...
0
votes
2
answers
720
views
How does alcohol keep smell and taste flavors in wine?
Nowadays alcohol free wine is also sometimes available. Now is seems that this wine has less taste and flavors in it. The cause for this is that alcohol seems to the capability to keep these flavors ...
10
votes
2
answers
609
views
Discrepancies between smell and taste
In my experience, most foods smell like they taste. Fragrant soaps, however, taste quite awful in comparison to their fragrances. How can some things smell and taste identical while others are so ...